Lamp
50-1-16
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 50-1-16 |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 50-0 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Mould Made |
Iconography | Wreath |
Description | mold-made terracotta lamp with wreath on dicsus. Intact. Buff clay covered with brownish glaze, now peeled away. Ring base and grooved vertical ring handle at back; a molded lug at each side. Wreath in relief on discus; air-hole at base of nozzle. |
Height | 4 cm |
Length | 12 cm |
Width | 8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950 |
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